Poll: Who is the sexiest British period drama TV star ever? Vote here!
16th January 2019

There are many reasons we all love watching British period dramas on television.

You have the gripping stories, the heartwarming romances, the stunning costumes, the lavish locations…

Oh, and – yeah, we’ll admit it – the gorgeous leading men.

But which male British period drama TV star is the sexiest of all time?

You can vote for up to five of your favourite actors from the list below.
Who is the sexiest actor ever in a British TV period drama?

Matthew Goode as Lord Snowden in 'The Crown'
Dan Stevens as Matthew Crawley in 'Downton Abbey'
Damian Lewis as Soames Forsyte in 'The Forsyte Saga'
Richard Madden as Robb Stark in 'Game of Thrones'
James Norton as Sidney Chambers in 'Grantchester'
Douglas Booth as Pip in 'Great Expectations'
Ioan Gruffudd as Horatio Hornblower in 'Hornblower'
Matthew McNulty as Fisher Bloom in 'Lark Rise to Candleford'
Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred in 'The Last Kingdom'
David Oyelowo as Javert in 'Les Misérables'
Colin Morgan as Merlin in 'Merlin'
Rufus Sewell as Will Ladislaw in 'Middlemarch'
Richard Armitage as John Thornton in 'North & South'
Sam Heughan as Jamie MacKenzie Fraser in 'Outlander'
Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tietjens in 'Parade's End'
Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in 'Peaky Blinders'
Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy in 'Pride and Prejudice'
Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark in 'Poldark'
Matthew Macfadyen as Detective Inspector Reid in 'Ripper Street'
Jonas Armstrong as Robin Hood in 'Robin Hood'
David Morrissey as Colonel Brandon in 'Sense and Sensibility'
Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe in 'Sharpe'
Jonathan Rhys Meyers as King Henry VIII in 'The Tudors'
George Blagden as Louis XIV in 'Versailles'
Tom Hughes as Prince Albert in 'Victoria'